Starter quiz
- Which of these words contain the 's' sound?
- can't
- sorry ✓
- fish
- miss ✓
- chat
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- Which of these words contain the 'k' sound?
- racing
- clamp ✓
- kite ✓
- brick ✓
- receipt
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- Which words contain a hard c?
- acorn ✓
- racing
- rich
- class ✓
- ceiling
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- Match the word to the sound the letter c is making.
- crumbling⇔'k' sound - a hard c ✓
- ceiling⇔'s' sound - soft c ✓
- cello⇔'ch' sound ✓
- Select the correct spelling of the word.
- recognise ✓
- recugnise
- recognize
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- Select the correct spelling of the word.
- ockir
- ocur
- occur ✓
- occer
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Exit quiz
- Which words contain a soft c?
- charming
- decision ✓
- received ✓
- acorn
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- Match the word to the spelling which represents the 's' sound.
- sultana⇔s ✓
- missed⇔ss ✓
- celebrate⇔soft c ✓
- Select the correct spelling of the word.
- decimle
- decimal ✓
- desimal
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- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the sentence. I like to ride my bysiclel.
- 'bicycle' ✓
- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the sentence. There are 100 years in a sentree.
- 'century' ✓
- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the sentence. Place the ball in the sentir of the hoop.
- 'centre' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Soft c and hard c refer to two different sounds that the letter c can represent in English spelling.
- If the vowel letters ‘a’, ‘o’ or ‘u’ or a consonant letter follows the letter c it is pronounced as a hard c.
- If the vowel letters ‘e’, ‘i’ or ‘y’ follow the letter c it is pronounced as a soft c.
- How to spell the curriculum words: decide, notice and centre.
Common misconception
Children may think that a word can only contain a hard c or a soft c.
Look at some words that contain a soft c and a hard c, such as bicycle or access. Use sound buttoning to help identify the phoneme grapheme correspondences.
Keywords
Soft c - sounds like 's' in words like 'city', 'cereal' or 'mercy'
Hard c - sounds like 'k' in words like 'cat', 'cup', 'coat or 'climb'
Vowel letters - the letters ‘a’, ‘e’, ‘i’, ‘o’, ‘u’ (and sometimes ‘y’) that represent vowel sounds
Consonant letters - all the letters in the alphabet that represent consonant sounds
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